Modeling and Simulation in Chemical Engineering (eBook)

This book presents a theoretical analysis of the modern methods used for modeling various chemical engineering processes. Currently, the two primary problems in the chemical industry are the optimal design of new devices and the optimal control of active processes. Both of these problems are often solved by developing new methods of modeling. These methods for modeling specific processes may be different, but in all cases, they bring the mathematical description closer to the real processes by using appropriate experimental data. In this book, the authors detail a new approach for the modeling of chemical processes in column apparatuses. Further, they describe the types of neural networks that have been shown to be effective in solving important chemical engineering problems. Readers are also presented with mathematical models of integrated bioethanol supply chains (IBSC) that achieve improved economic and environmental sustainability.

The integration of energy and mass processes is one of the most powerful tools for creating sustainable and energy efficient production systems. This book defines the main approaches for the thermal integration of periodic processes, direct and indirect, and the recent integration of small-scale solar thermal dryers with phase change materials as energy accumulators. An exciting overview of new approaches for the modeling of chemical engineering processes, this book serves as a guide for the important innovations being made in theoretical chemical engineering.

Prof. Christo Boyadjiev is Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Chemical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He received his PhD in 1968 from the Moscow Institute of Chemical Engineering. His current research interests include gas purification and the development of new approaches for modeling and simulation of chemical engineering processes. Prof. Boyadjiev has published over 220 scientific papers in international journals and is an author of 9 books. In 2011, his monograph 'Theoretical Chemical Engineering, Modeling and Simulation' was awarded the Excellence in Natural Sciences prize by the Union of Bulgarian Scientists.